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In talking to him, the whole time, i basically got my pistol out and its pointed at him. he opened the breach of the rifle, the shotgun, i thought he was going to disarm it. and he was looking to make sure it was loaded. >> police backup arrives and quickly gets into position. they wait for hill to make a move. >> come on, man! >> i saw that he had taken a defensive posture. he was laid across the trunk of a vehicle pointing his firearm at sergeant kellerman. i knew as soon as i pulled in and i ...

Shot. >> put the gun down, buddy! the first thing i thought is im losing way too much blood to make it. >> april 2nd, 2011, conroe, texas. sergeant james kellerman responds to an emergency call. a man is wielding a shotgun outside a nearby bakery. >> at the time it was pretty much all of the comments i had while en route. i was the first responding officer. typically here in conroe a officer isnt dispatched prior to the call. i was the closest when i went out so i knew there were two units respo...

>> -- that ends with both men shot. >> put the gun down, buddy! the first thing i thought is im losing way too much blood to make it. >> april 2nd, 2011, conroe, texas. sergeant james kellerman responds to an emergency call. a man is wielding a shotgun outside a nearby bakery. >> at the time it was pretty much all of the comments i had while en route. i was the first responding officer. typically here in conroe a officer isnt dispatched prior to the call. i was the closest when i went out so i k...

Time, i basically got my pistol out and its pointed at him. he opened the breach of the rifle, the shotgun, i thought he was going to disarm it. and he was looking to make sure it was loaded. >> police backup arrives and quickly gets into position. they wait for hill to make a move. >> come on, man! >> i saw that he had taken a defensive posture. he was laid across the trunk of a vehicle pointing his firearm at sergeant kellerman. i knew as soon as i pulled in and i looked over, i ha good shot. ...

>> though sergeant kellerman is lucky to be alive, the bullet wound results in the loss of his right eye. >> it wasnt as bad as i thought. i mean -- of course, i lost my vision. but it wasnt as bad as it could have been. months later, sergeant kellerman and his colleagues return to the bakery parking lot. and they explain what we didnt see on dash cam. >> but i took down a stance basically right here behind my car. most of me was shielded except for pretty much this part of me that was looking o...

Communicate with him and get a personal communication with him. and he was going to put the gun down. i dont remember the gun blast. i remember hearing it, and i knew it was him that shot, and i felt the percussion on my face. >> just as i was about to fire my first shot, he shot. and it kind of distracted me for a second. shortly after he shot, i fired my first shot. and you see the window on the car that hes leaning on blow out. that was my first shot. >> in an instant, several officers open f...

Building and put his focus on me. then and there i knew i was in the wrong place. hes got the gun aimed at me. >> the man with the shotgun is james richard hill. hes in the thick of a heated dispute with his girlfriend who works at the bakery. >> weve got people in the store. tell them to get away from the windows. >> even before officer ashley brockett arrives on the scene, he knows the situation is dire. >> the fact that he got on the radio and told dispatch to have the people inside the store...

Hey, im still getting humor out of this. i can hear everything hes saying and everything thats going on. >> sergeant kellerman and i joke around a lot with one another. when he said that, i just wanted to give some level of normalcy to him. >> everybody had a role out there on that scene. the officers that responded by shooting back had a role that they played. officer raleigh, when he arrived, he took on the role of being by my side. he knew ive been hit, and i cant say enough about him and wha...

>> april 2, 2011, conrow, texas. sergeant james kellerman responds to an emergency call. a man is wielding a shotgun outside a nearby bakery. >> at the time it was pretty much all of the comments i had while enroute. i was the first responding officer. typically a supervisor isnt dispatched primarily to the call. i was closest when i went out, so i knew there were at least two units responding. >> hes got a gun. >> when i pulled in i wasnt quite prepared for what i saw when i got there. he was a...

James richard hill. hes in the thick of a heated dispute with his girlfriend who works at the bakery. [ siren ] >> we have people in the store. get away from the windows. >> even before officer ashley brockett arrives on the scene, he knows the situation is dire. >> the fact that he got on the radio and told dispatch to have the people inside the store move away from the windows, that told me that he was trying to prepare to use deadly force against this guy. >> as the dash cam rolls, sergeant k...